Immunopathology in a case of kala-azar (proceedings)

Pugin, P.; Casali, P.; Lambert, P.H.; Miescher, P.A.

Schweizerische Medizinische Wochenschrift 108(41): 1602

1978


ISSN/ISBN: 0036-7672
PMID: 694498
Document Number: 134730
A 33 year old woman was admitted to hospital for fever of unknown origin. Leishmania donovani was found in histological preparations from lymphnodes and by sternal puncture. Circulating immune complexes present in high concentration were isolated and characterized. The circulating immune complexes remained elevated two months after the disappearance of Leishmania from the bone marrow.

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